Pickwick News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Sales
Miss Billa Perkins visits aunt Mrs A Kevoir in Pickwick while Belle Parker travels to Washington and New York for relatives. J A Johnston returns to Wa wonta after Sunday at home. Outhouse hotel auction of household goods draws crowd led by B Dunstan. O C Gross back from Minneapolis teaching since Christmas. Local visits from Mrs A Stedman Rutherford Suffrins Goss and Alta. Trempealeau visitors attend sale. Village school closes with picnic and funeral call to Burr Oak. New baby girl born to Mr and Mrs F Nagle May 30. L E Thompson returns from Iron Mountain where he operated a steam shovel. Eva Cox of Dresbach visits grandmother.
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Billa Perkins
A. Kevoir
Belle Parker
Washington, D. C
New York City
J. Hess
la Crosse
Frank Griffin
J. A. Johnston
Wawonta
Minn
F. Nagle
L. E. Thompson
Iron Mountain
Mich
Eva Cox
Dresbach
Erie president recalls Wisconsin railroads and early lines
Frederick D. Underwood, long associated with the Erie railroad, reflects on the Soo line built across Wisconsin from St Croix to the Michigan frontier. He discusses railroads as engines of prosperity, his boyhood home near Wauwatosa, and his rise from La Crosse to Erie presidency, plus views on economic revival and rail bond financing.
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Wisconsin
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Soo
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Wauwatosa
Milwaukee
Underwood
W. J. Underwood
T.S. Gray
Connecticut
Mr. Underwood
Free Press
Tempus Fugit Time on Grand Circuit Draws Notable Attention
Tempus Fugit and a veteran performer named Ed were highlighted as standout acts on the grand circuit last year, with TIME and 2:24 cited as key durations. The fragment suggests strong pace and aging artistry in the race, though details remain incomplete.
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Geers
Detroit
Tempus Fugit
Cautionary Tale On Business Advice From Leaders
A maxim urges evaluating a advisor by their own actions before following their business guidance. The remark underscores the risk of trusting prescriptions from someone who does not model the practices they promote.
Signs contract to ignore his family
Kenosha Wisconsin June 10 Chris Rasmussen a Pleasant Prairie farmer became an exile to avoid prison on a charge of scalding his wife and children. He signed an agreement never to see them again and to make no effort to speak if he met them accidentally. Rasmussen assaulted his wife and children while drunk three months ago and has since been jailed. The wife and children urged the court not to prosecute and Rasmussen proposed the penalty. The bond was approved and Rasmussen was released to seek work as a farm hand in the west.
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Kenosha
Wis
Chris Rasmussen
Rasmussen
West
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Tanberg
State Street
Oldsmobile
Buick
Waverley
Fred D. Underwood
Erie
Ward
Washington
Delaware
Truder
Frederick
Michigan
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Minneapolis & Pa
Cific Railway
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic
Soo Line
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
Baltimore
New York
Kuppenheimer
Pearl St. la Crosse
Mark Time
Mark
Burlington
Peoria, Ill
Modern Woodmen of America
Peoria
Chicago and Return
H. B. Smith
C. B
Q. R.R
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